Improvement in books of letter-sheets



H. S. IACKSN.

Banks of Lette'wSheets. No;l58,46. Paientedlanln.

v INVENTB :INITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HENXEY s. JAOKSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOKS OF LETTER-SHEETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,4] 6, dated January5, 1875; application filed December 5, 1874.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that i, HENRY S. JACKSON, of

lthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Self-Sealing Pocket N Ote-Books, of which the followingis a Specification:

The object of this invention is to provide ready and convenient meansfor leaving notes in the absence of persons called upon, and forpreventing trouble and delay in Writing notes on various occasions; andit consists in a book having the leaves gummed for sealing, and incombination With Such gummed leaves perforations across the leaves toallow the' leaf to be easily torn ott'.

Figure l represents the note-book as closed. Fig. 2 represents thenote-book Open, showing the gumined edge, the peiforations, and thestubs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the note-book, which may be bound in any manner or in any shape,but so as to be convenient to carry in the pocket. B are the leaves ofthe book. These leaves (all or a part of them) are guinmed for sealing(substantially as seen at G) on one side, so that when one is torn fromthe book and folded it will be like the self-sealing envelope. The noteis Written on the face D of the leaf, and is torn from the book on theline of perforation E, and folded up in any manner, so that the guminededge Will lap down for sealing similar to the flap of the ordinaryenvelope. F represents the stub of the envelope, on which stub may benoted the name of the person addressed, the date, &o., the contents ofthe note in brief, or any similar memorani HENRY S. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

